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as an autistic, do you feel particularly different from others?
i was recently diagnosed with autism but can't relate to any of the main criteria tbh. i think i'm actually a dysfunctional allistic and that's what causes my social issues (i have severe social anxiety and ocd). so i was wondering how different autistic people feel compared to allistic people
Yes i do, as a kid I was treated rlly poorly by others and never got a reason why. I dont like the comparison of being autistic feels like you're an alien, but I was lowk treated like that.
Literally since i can remember i tried to shift my personality in a way people didnt hate me :D I hated vacations bc when I came back to school I didnt underst...... 1 reply
Heyo, fellow autistic person here!
To answer your question, I do feel different from the rest of society, even if it is just a little bit.. I've always known that I was autistic(specifically aspergers, but now it's just high-functioning autism), since I was diagnosed from birth, so I knew from the get-go that I was different. That didn't stop me fr...... reply
i was diagnosed with autism later in life (just before i turned 18) and am also AFAB which was part of the reason i was diagnosed so late, so i’ve always felt different than other folks but i was just raised like an allistic person without the coping skills that are needed for my disability. so i didnt even think i was autistic until high school,...... reply
